Growth For Life

“If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one!”

OFFICE HOURS

Mon-Thur	10:00am – 7:00pm
Friday	8:00am – 4:00pm

(303) 380-5526

Welcome to Road to Growth Counseling

Helping people of all ages live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Goals of Therapy

Know yourself better
Alleviate emotional pain and negative thinking
Establish more effective coping mechanisms
Create and maintain healthy relationships
Develop self confidence
Reach your full potential
Focus on problem solving in a goal-oriented framework

Treatment Areas

Anxiety and panic
Attention deficit (ADHD)
Child disorders
Depression
PTSD
Acute Stress
Bereavement
Adjustment/life transition
Bipolar
Relationship struggles
Work and career issues
Gender identity

MEET OUR COUNSELORS

STEPHANIE CAMINS – Clinical Director – MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) #3338
EMDR Level 2 Certification
Divorce and Child Custody Mediation Certificate
Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology – University of Northern Colorado
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology – University of Colorado Boulder

I have worked with children, adolescents, adults and families for 15 years in a variety of mental health and educational settings with a focus on increasing personal strengths and fostering healthy relationships. I specialize in the treatment of anxiety, depression, stress management, trauma, life transitions, relationship issues, parenting, interpersonal struggles and work and career issues.

In working with clients I use cognitive behavioral (CBT), client centered and systems modalities, tailoring treatment to the specific needs of each individual. Therapy is a collaborative effort in which client and therapist work jointly to identify barriers to growth, resolve past traumas and focus on strategies to improve wellness. My approach to counseling is warm, collaborative, supportive and direct. My belief is that every person has the ability to heal, change and grow. A strong therapeutic relationship encourages trust and allows the client and therapist to work equally in a team approach on difficult issues. As part of this process, I work to create tools and coping skills to fit the needs of each unique person using a variety of techniques.

MICKI ALLEN – MA, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) #1732
Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology – Lesley College
Bachelor of Science, Social Sciences – University of Missouri

JENNA DeROSA – MA Intern

Master of Arts, Mental Health Counseling—Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology—University of Nebraska

For the past 3 years, I have worked primarily with trauma and substance use. I worked for over a year with probationary teenagers 13-18 years old living in group homes and shelters. Each teenager had a history of trauma and substance use along with a variety of disorders including anxiety, depression, bipolar, anorexia nervosa, bulimia and more. Each teenager provided a unique experience to learn and grow from.

While working with teenagers, I felt the urge to work with a different population and gain experience with adults. From then, I began working with male Veterans in a transitional housing program. These men were aged from 20-80 years old and here I was able to gain more experience with substance abuse and PTSD. Not only was substance abuse and PTSD seen with this population, but also anxiety, depression, bipolar, antisocial personality disorder, and more. I worked with these men for over 2 years and encountered over a hundred homeless Veterans while working to provide stable housing for them.

I hope to work with a variety of ages, disorders and stressors to gain and build on the foundation that my prior work experience and coursework has taught me.

KAYLA CURRIER – Psycho Educational Group Lead

B.A. Elementary Education Candidate

I am currently a senior at Regis University pursuing a degree in elementary education. I have endorsements in special education, as well as, culturally and linguistically diverse education. I have taught in a classroom for children with autism in Westminster Public School district where I received training in emotional and physical support including sensory interventions for children 4-12 years of age.

I have training in curriculum development for WONDERS, PMI, PSI and Zones of Regulation. I also have training in DIBELS testing and running records for children struggling in literacy. In this practice, I look forward to helping children learn self-regulation in social and emotional situations. Social and emotional self-regulation is important in helping children master new challenges, increase self-esteem and improve pro-social interactions.

OUR COUNSELING SERVICES

Individual Therapy

Uses client specific assessments and treatment plans to develop goals focusing on decreasing maladaptive thought and behavior patterns and increasing adaptive coping and life skills. Individual therapy focuses on lifespan development through all ages children, adolescents and adults.

Family Therapy

Family therapy incorporates all members of the family to improve communication, increase problem solving and conflict resolution strategies in order to improve the family dynamics and bond.

Couples Therapy

Couples counseling focuses on improving conflict resolution, communication, and intimacy issues, guiding couples to rebuild and improve the quality of their relationship.

Group Therapy

ZONES

Kids ages 6-11 will learn valuable life skills:

build self-esteem, social problem solving, and increase their ability to master new challenges
Explore a variety of tools including sensory supports, calming techniques and thinking strategies
Learn to control emotional reactions by monitoring, evaluating and modifying the intensity and timing of responses
Learn about social perspective taking, reading others facial expressions, insights into their own behavior, problem solving skills, and flexible thinking
Develop self-awareness and internal regulation skills

Call for ongoing dates for the next 6 week session

Parenting

Parent training focuses on instructing parents in positive discipline techniques. Whether working with married parents, divorced co-parents, step parents or blended families, working on a shared plan to discipline and provide developmentally appropriate routines and structure for children and teens is important in their growth.is important in their growth.

Mediation

Mediation is a positive way to resolve important disputes . The mediation process seeks to find a “win-win” solution for both parties who agree to work voluntarily for a mutually satisfying agreement. Successful mediation protects the relationship in the process of solving difficult family problems. Mediation services offered include: parenting time, minor decision making, elder care, and adult family conflicts involving step families, in-laws, and parent/adult children disputes.

Play Therapy

In play therapy, toys are the child’s words and play is the child’s language (Landreth, 2002). Using play therapy, therapists help children learn more adaptive behaviors to improve emotional-modulation, resolve trauma, address social skill deficits, improve communication and problem solving. Play therapy provides an avenue for young children to express their experiences and feelings in a safe and neutral environment.

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is an integrative form of therapy focusing on processing distressing events and memories, correcting distorted thinking styles, and eliminating negative emotions and behaviors caused by unresolved issues. EMDR uses an 8 phase treatment model aimed at the resolution of traumatic and adverse life experiences through the use of standardized set of procedures and clinical protocols.

CBT

Cognitive behavioral therapy identifies unhelpful patterns of thinking, behavior and emotional regulation. Clients learn specific coping skills to change thought patterns and behaviors which lead to improved emotional states of being.

DBT

Dialectical behavioral therapy is a cognitive behavioral therapy approach that teaches skills including mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotion regulation.

Telemental Health

Telemental health provides counseling from a distance via online conferencing. The client and therapist are in two different locations using a secure interface for sessions. The benefit to doing therapy remotely includes convenience and increased accessibility to services. You simply need access to the internet and a private location.

Clinical Supervision

There are several models of Clinical Supervision including developmental, psychotherapy based, and integrative models. I follow most closely the developmental model. Supervision moves from most directive to least directive as a counselor in training develops knowledge and increases their skill base. Areas of supervision include:

intervention
skills competence
assessment techniques
interpersonal assessment
client conceptualization
individual differences
theoretical orientation
treatment goals and plans
professional ethics

Supervision is tailored to meet the needs of each counselor’s experience and skill level.